Submitted by Lumpy-Spot t3_113vu7c in askscience
nicholsz t1_j8x9pt8 wrote
Reply to comment by vibriojoey in Where do hormones for HRT and other therapies come from? by Lumpy-Spot
Yeah, this. We just put the genes to create whatever molecule we want in a bunch of e. Coli and grow them in vats then harvest the molecule.
It's super easy to put genes in e. Coli since they don't have a nucleus, you just shove the DNA in there and away they go.
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